ANT203Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Acheulean, Hyoid Bone, Homo Erectus
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Glaciations: climatic intervals when continental ice sheets cover much of northern continents: more arid climates in the south, cooler temperatures in the north. Interglacials: climatic intervals when continental ice sheets are retreating, eventually becoming reduced in size: warmer temperatures in the north, wetter climates in the south, essentially the opposite of glaciations. Therefore increased forest area: glacial in africa. Far less likely for hominin migration to occur. Easier to migrate throughout europe and especially northern. Migration occurring mostly in the south of europe. Premodern humans succeeded homo erectus: except or coexistence in asia. Homo heidelbergensis vs. homo erectus: h. heidelbergensis. Premodern humans from africa and europe resemble each other more than they do asian hominins from this time. Africa: homo heidelbergensis homo sapiens. Levallois technique emerges: fancy way of saying they were attached to a handle, stone tool or a flake attached to a handle is called a hafted tool.
